Ezio Faglia1, Giacomo Clerici2, Alessia Scatena1, Maurizio Caminiti1, Vincenzo Curci1, Alberto Morabito3, Vincenzo Prisco4, Rosaria Greco4, Mike Edmonds5. 1. Diabetic Foot Centre, IRCCS Policlinico Multimedica, Va Milanese 300, Sesto San Giovanni 20099, Milan, Italy. 2. Diabetic Foot Centre, IRCCS Policlinico Multimedica, Va Milanese 300, Sesto San Giovanni 20099, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: giacomo.clerici@multimedica.it. 3. Medical Statistics Unit, Milan University, Milan, Italy. 4. Fondazione Onlus DeaMedica, Pagani, SA, Italy. 5. King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract
AIMS: To investigate the effect of combined treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) and statins on mortality in diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). METHODS: Prospective observational study of 553 consecutive diabetic patients admitted because of CLI followed for a mean of 2.2 years. All patients underwent peripheral revascularization and antithrombotic therapy was prescribed or continued and therapy with statin and ACE was recorded. Mortality from any cause was assessed and Kaplan-Meier analyses were performed to compare the relationship between survival and recorded variables. RESULTS: One hundred thirty-nine patients did not have therapy with statin or an ACE, 78 had therapy with statin without ACE, 164 had therapy with ACE without statin and 172 patients had therapy with both statin and ACE. One hundred thirty-six patients died, 45/139 with neither statin nor ACE, 40/164 with ACE only, 26/78 with statin only, and 25/172 with both statin and ACE. Multivariate analysis confirmed the independent role of age, history of stroke, renal insufficiency and dialysis. Combined treatment with ACE and statin appeared to have a protective role. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with diabetes and CLI mortality after two years is high. Life expectancy was better in patients receiving combined therapy with ACE and statin but not with therapy with only a statin or an ACE.
AIMS: To investigate the effect of combined treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) and statins on mortality in diabeticpatients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). METHODS: Prospective observational study of 553 consecutive diabeticpatients admitted because of CLI followed for a mean of 2.2 years. All patients underwent peripheral revascularization and antithrombotic therapy was prescribed or continued and therapy with statin and ACE was recorded. Mortality from any cause was assessed and Kaplan-Meier analyses were performed to compare the relationship between survival and recorded variables. RESULTS: One hundred thirty-nine patients did not have therapy with statin or an ACE, 78 had therapy with statin without ACE, 164 had therapy with ACE without statin and 172 patients had therapy with both statin and ACE. One hundred thirty-six patients died, 45/139 with neither statin nor ACE, 40/164 with ACE only, 26/78 with statin only, and 25/172 with both statin and ACE. Multivariate analysis confirmed the independent role of age, history of stroke, renal insufficiency and dialysis. Combined treatment with ACE and statin appeared to have a protective role. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with diabetes and CLI mortality after two years is high. Life expectancy was better in patients receiving combined therapy with ACE and statin but not with therapy with only a statin or an ACE.
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